The North Carolina House has advanced another Hurricane Helene funding package to address pressing needs in the mountains ...

The North Carolina House’s state budget proposal makes plain differences on taxes, salaries and job cuts between Republicans ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein made another request of state lawmakers to commit hundreds of millions more dollars to western ...

The North Carolina General Assembly is considering various alcohol bills during the long 2025 session. Proposed changes include legalizing happy ...

Two prominent leaders of the North Carolina Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans have pleaded guilty to accepting illegal contributions, concluding a five-year campaign finance investigation.

Currently, N.C. is one of only 4 states in the nation that requires liquor stores to close on Sundays. A bill introduced in ...

The distinctions and relationships between the three branches of government—legislative, judicial, and administrative—are not ...

Chuck Liddy cliddy@newsobserver.com A state Senate budget proposal to cut North Carolina’s Innocence ... a claim that’s also meeting pushback. The General Assembly created the Innocence ...

Stein released the Helene proposal as the GOP-led North Carolina General Assembly prepares to finalize its state budget this summer. More than 100 people died as Helene tore through western North ...